Clintons release taxes

TAXES PAID: $33,783,507\
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The Clintons paid $33,783,507 in federal taxes - 31% of their adjusted gross income. According to the most recent data available from the IRS, in 2005 taxpayers earning $10,000,000 or more paid on average 20.8% of their adjusted gross income in taxes.\
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CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS: $10,256,741\
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The Clintons donated $10,256,741 to charity - 9.5% of their adjusted gross income. According to the most recent data available from the IRS, in 2005 taxpayers earning $10,000,000 or more contributed 3.1% of their adjusted gross income in cash contributions to charity. Information about the Clinton Family Foundation, including a list of charities to which the Clintons contributed through the Foundation, is available online in the Foundation’s publicly available tax returns (www.foundationcenter.org).\
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AFTER TAX EARNINGS: $57,157,297\
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CUMULATIVE TOTAL(GROSS) INCOME: $109,175,175\
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Including, among other items: \
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Senator Clinton’s Senate Salary: $1,051,606\
President Clinton’s Presidential Pension: $1,217,250\
Senator Clinton’s Book Income: $10,457,083\
President Clinton’s Book Income: $29,580,525\
President Clinton’s Speech Income: $51,855,599\
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SENATOR CLINTON’S BOOK INCOME: $10,457,083\
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Senator Clinton’s book income is comprised of earnings for Living History ($10,267,895), including an $8,000,000 advance, and It Takes a Village ($189,188). The earnings for It Takes a Village were donated to charity. Since the release of It Takes a Village in 1996, Senator Clinton has donated over $1,100,000 to charity.\
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PRESIDENT CLINTON’S BOOK INCOME: $29,580,525\
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President Clinton’s book income is comprised of earnings for My Life ($23,280,525), including a $15,000,000 advance, and Giving ($6,300,000). The President donated $1,000,000 of his income from Giving in 2007 to charity.\
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PRESIDENT CLINTON’S SPEECH INCOME: $51,855,599\
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NOTE: The figures in this summary include 2007 estimates.